Amy Vernon

… side—perhaps the most brazen and explicit demolition of church and state among premium media brands in the United States. Despite the attention shadowing these controversial examples, some media veterans aren’t exactly shocked by the news. “Newspapers and magazines have always had special advertisement sections and advertorials,” said Amy Vernon…

Tommy Craggs, the executive editor of Gawker Media, and Max Read, the editor-in-chief of Gawker.com, are resigning from the company. In letters sent today, Craggs and Read informed staff members that the managing partnership’s vote to remove a controversial post about the CFO of Condé Nast—a unprecedented act endorsed by zero editorial employees...